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Friday, 3 February 2012

Lovehearts Canvas ... and how it was made.

Afternoon Folks,

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend, even if we are in for a freeze here in the UK. Or so I've just read on Sky's news page. My DH, armed with camera, went snowdrop hunting down at Culzean Castle on Tuesday only to be told that he was too late, they'd been and gone. The warm weather at the start of the year had conned them into thinking it was spring. It's been a funny old winter so far.

With Valentine's Day fast approaching I decided I'd like to make something special with this miniature canvas I've had in my stash goodness knows how long. I have to thank RachO113 for her demo on YouTube for showing me the best way to adhere fabric to canvas ... simple really, but it takes a smart crafter like Rachel to show me how :) Here is how it's done:

Materials needed: canvas, fabric, DS tape, and scissors. You will also need a strong glue for adhering the fabric to the back of the canvas ... I used a hot glue gun because it is a quick and easy method of getting a good finish.

Step 1: Cover the front of the canvas with strips of DS tape and lift off the wax paper covering ready to stick the fabric down.

Step 2: Lay the fabric over the sticky tape and press flat and outwards to eliminate air bubbles. Trim across the corners as shown.

Step 3: Turn the canvas over and, one side at a time, run the hot glue along the edge then quickly fold the fabric smoothly over on to the edge pressing down very carefully - the glue is very hot - secure it to the edge. Tuck the corners in as you go.

This is what the canvas looks like once covered.

This photo shows the canvas before I added the toppers ... oops! all those spots are a bit much for the eyes!! I was just deciding where to put the flower at this point. Oh, and you may recognise the flower here, it's included in the tutorial on heart flower making, posted here. The other two elements are a stamped heart, gold embossed several times and then stamped with a smaller heart before the EP set hard. It's matted on to red card which is also edged in gold EP. The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark on to black card and embossed with gold EP, matted on to gold edged red card too.

The finished project, just a few black gems added to it and that's it. It's just a wee sentimental keepsake but I'm quite pleased with it and it does mean that the canvas is no longer in the stash ... I've used it up :))

I've been scanning photographs today ... the ones that are framed and hanging on the walls. I forget that I should be making scrapbook layouts of these, after all they are on the wall for a reason, and that is that we particularly like them ... there couldn't be a better reason to scrap them than that, now could there?

Okay, I'm off to grab a cuppa and catch Pointless. I hope you all have a lovely, crafty weekend.

Really fabulous and full of love - in so I see why you love it! many ways! I think I might be tempted to use the same technique on my bed sheets! Love the colours you've chosen - the black really sets off the red. Thank you so much for sharing your work and heart with My Mojo Monthly! Sarah.

Love this Elizabeh, the heart flower is beautiful, perfect fabric, will give this a try, good luck with the challenges,I hope the weather is not to bad over the weekend for you x x keep wee Bonnie nice and warm x x Hugs May x x

I love that spotty flower, and I have now printed out your excellent tutorial on doing heart flowers - slightly different to the way I did mine. That cutting out on my scene was horribly fiddly, not helped by the fact that I had printed it on card, not paper - nothing like making life hard for yourself. Have a good weekend, and don't get snowed in. xx Maggie